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1. (n.) screw bean
a tree, Prosopis pubescens, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., bearing twisted pods used as fodder.
2. screw bean
the pod itself.
Etymology: (1865–70, Amer.)
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1. (noun) screw bean
spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed
2. (noun) screw bean, screwbean, tornillo, screwbean mesquite, Prosopis pubescens
shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods
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